Nick Stahl

A talented actor with a penchant for playing intense, often troubled young men, Nick Stahl garnered the respect of critics and his peers at a young age with a winning combination of independent and ma...
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A great many actors have stepped up to play the ever-changing face of John Connor, but the upcoming Terminator reboot, Terminator: Genesis, may have just found its newest savior. According to Deadline, Jason Clarke is in talks to play John Connor, the fabled leader of the human resistance who is destined to save humanity from a sentient artificial intelligence.
If Clarke is chosen for the role, he would join the ranks of Edward Furlong, Nick Stahl, Christian Bale, and Thomas Dekker, who have previously portrayed the character in the franchise’s various incarnations across film and television. The Terminator reboot has also been searching for a new Sarah Connor, John's no-nonsense mother, who was originally played with fire and gusto by Linda Hamilton. Actresses Emilia Clarke and Brie Larson have both been short-listed for the role, and since both are significantly younger than Clarke, there’s bound to be a significant amount of time travel throughout the movie, something the series has dabbled in extensively throughout its history. Arnold Schwarzenegger is also slated to reprise his role as the Terminator, but the film would be better served casting an actor that isn't so far past his sell-by date. Schwarzenegger isn't nearly as physically imposing as he was in 1984, and the series could use a break from its old patterns.
The last film in the series, Terminator: Salvation, marked the second dud in a row for the franchise that has been plagued with recycled ideas and creative misdirection since its third film. The series has had trouble stopping itself from dipping into the well of worn ideas and repeating itself. Hopefully, director Alan Taylor (Thor: The Dark World) can breathe some much needed imagination into a series that hasn’t done much (besides the short-lived Sarah Connor Chronicles TV series) to justify its existence beyond its first two excellent entries. A good first step would be casting someone else as the Terminator instead of Schwarzenegger, but Arnold's return seems like an inevitability at this point. Maybe Hollywood can manage to produce a good Terminator film before our Roombas start their campaign for human extinction.
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Troubled actor Nick Stahl is back behind bars after he was arrested in Los Angeles on drug charges. The Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines star, who has struggled with substance abuse issues in the past, was taken into custody in the early hours of Friday (28Jun13) after police allegedly found him using Methamphetamine at a Hollywood hotel.
Stahl remained in custody as WENN went to press.
The 33 year old's latest brush with the law comes just one day after he told TMZ.com he was on the road to sobriety after spending time in hospital on an involuntary psychiatric hold.
On Thursday (27Jun13), he said, "(My recovery is) going good. It's a process... Things seems to be (looking up) and I'm just grateful."
Stahl has faced a tough few years - his wife Rosie has reported him missing on several occasions and he checked into rehab last year (12) to conquer his demons, only to quit and vanish again soon afterwards.
He was cleared of his most recent legal run-in, a charge for lewd conduct, in February (13) after allegedly misbehaving while watching an adult movie in a Los Angeles porn store last year (12).

Troubled actor Nick Stahl has been released from hospital after he was placed on an involuntary psychiatric hold for "stress" earlier this month (Jun13). The Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines star, who has struggled with drugs and alcohol abuse in the past, was admitted to a medical centre in Los Angeles on 18 June (13) on a 5150 order, which allows doctors to hold a person deemed a danger to himself or others.
The 33-year-old actor has now been released from hospital and he reveals stress was behind his troubles, telling TMZ.com, "(My recovery is) going good. It's a process... It was stress. It was life problems, just some stress and it was a little overblown..."
However, Stahl insists he feels grateful for the intervention, adding, "It was helpful... Things seems to be (looking up) and I'm just grateful."

Former Terminator star Edward Furlong faces four years behind bars after allegedly assaulting his ex-girlfriend, actress Monica Keena. The former child star has been charged with felony dissuading a witness by force or threat and felony vandalism following claims he damaged his former lover's laptop and photo equipment during a dispute at her home last month (May13).
Furlong is also accused of threatening her if she called the police, according to TMZ.com.
The actor was arrested following the altercation on suspicion of violating a protective order she had obtained against him.
He has also been charged with disobeying a domestic restraining order - a misdemeanour - and has been ordered to return to court on 1 July (13).
At press time Furlong was still behind bars - he was initially released on 18 May (13), but returned to jail on 10 June (13) after a Los Angeles judge ruled his bail was too low.
It has been a tough week for stars who have played John Connor in the Terminator movies - Nick Stahl has been placed on an involuntary psychiatric hold after he was hospitalised in Los Angeles.
The Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines star, who has long struggled with drugs and alcohol abuse, was admitted to a medical centre in the early hours of Tuesday (18Jun13).

Embattled actor Nick Stahl has been placed on an involuntary psychiatric hold after he was hospitalised in Los Angeles. The Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines star, who has long struggled with drugs and alcohol abuse, was admitted to a medical centre in the early hours of Tuesday (18Jun13), reports TMZ.com.
Further details about the 5150 order had yet to be revealed as WENN went to press.
The 33 year old has faced a tough few years - his wife Rosie has reported him missing on several occasions and he checked into rehab last year (12) to conquer his demons, only to quit and vanish again soon afterwards.
Stahl was cleared of his most recent legal run-in, a charge for lewd conduct, in February (13) after allegedly misbehaving while watching an adult movie in a Los Angeles porn store last year (12), and he revealed in May (13) that he was working on turning his life around after passing his driving test.

The troubled actor was facing prosecution after undercover vice officers allegedly caught him committing a "lewd act" while watching a pornographic movie in a private booth at an adult store in Los Angeles.
However, prosecutors have now decided to drop the case due to insufficient evidence, according to TMZ.com.
The news will come as a boost to Stahl, who has suffered numerous personal problems over the last few months. He went missing several times and also endured a stint in rehab.

Edward Furlong, once best known as The Terminator 2: Judgement Day's young John Connor, was arrested Sunday according to the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department's online records. E! reports that the Furlong was apprehended by law enforcements in the early morning hours after allegedly pushing his girlfriend.
These aren't first reports that have involved the couple in a domestic dispute. Furlong was arrested in October for an alleged incident with his girlfriend at the LAX airport. In November, she again accused him of another domestic incident. Furlong even had an outstanding $30,000 warrant out for his arrest stemming from one of the two described allegations.
On Sunday, Furlong was placed in jail with a $50,000 bond set. According to the online records, Furlong is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday morning for a hearing regarding his most recent arrest.
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Nick Stahl has had his fair share of troubles these past few months, most recently on Thursday night. The Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines star was arrested at an adult paraphernalia and movie shop in Los Angeles for alleged lewd behavior, E! reported.
Stahl was reportedly busted by undercover vice officers during a routine check, and was found inside a private booth at the store, watching porn and allegedly committing what is being described as a lewd act. He was brought into custody, booked on a misdemeanor count of lewd conduct, and released.
Stahl, 33, also recently spent time in rehab after disappearing for a few days this past spring, prompting his wife to file a missing person report. At least this time, his wife knows where to find him.
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The troubled actor was taken into custody on Thursday (27Dec12) after undercover vice officers allegedly caught him committing a "lewd act" while watching a pornographic movie in a private booth at an adult store in Hollywood.
He was booked on a lewd conduct charge and released on bail, according to TMZ.com.
Stahl is said to have told a cameraman for the website his arrest was a "misunderstanding" as he exited the police station.
The 33 year old has battled a series of personal problems this year (12) - he disappeared multiple times and also checked into a rehabilitation clinic to receive treatment for substance abuse.

After auditioning five times, won the role of John Connor in "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines"

Summary

A talented actor with a penchant for playing intense, often troubled young men, Nick Stahl garnered the respect of critics and his peers at a young age with a winning combination of independent and mainstream films. At the age of 14, Stahl made his feature film debut opposite Mel Gibson in the drama "The Man Without a Face" (1993). After a slew of television and theatrical projects, he was appearing in such diverse, high-profile films as the teen thriller "Disturbing Behavior" (1998) and venerated director Terence Malick's war treatise "The Thin Red Line" (1998). Stahl continued the trend with important roles in the acclaimed drama "In the Bedroom" (2001) and the controversial based-on-fact tale of teen murder, "Bully" (2001). He later followed a starring role in the big-budget action sequel, "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" (2003) with the lead on the well-regarded cable series "Carnivale" (HBO, 2003-05). After his disturbing, but memorable supporting role in the hugely popular neo noir, "Sin City" (2005), Stahl worked steadily in such indie efforts as "How to Rob a Bank" (2008) and "388 Arletta Avenue" (2012). One of the edgier screen performers of his generation, Stahl continually made career choices based on his interest in the content of a project, rather than the size of its budget.<p>Born on Dec. 5, 1979 in Harlingen, TX, Nicolas Kent Stahl was the youngest of three children born to Donna Lynn and William Kent Stahl, who left the family when Nick was but two years old. When Lynn, a brokerage assistant, took her son to his first play at the age of four, it seemed to instantaneously set the course of his life. Declaring that he wanted to become an actor, Stahl began taking lessons at the nearby Melva Smith School of Dance and before long was picking up roles in stage productions and local television commercials. Spotted by a talent agent, the 12-year-old thespian soon made his primetime acting debut as Robert Urich's son in the thriller "Stranger at My Door" (CBS, 1991) followed by another turn in "Woman with a Past" (NBC, 1992), starring Pamela Reed as a mother attempting to leave her troubled past behind.<p>A mere three years into his professional career, Stahl's breakout role in his first feature film came when actor-director Mel Gibson cast him as a troubled adolescent who agrees to be tutored by a reclusive, disfigured teacher (Gibson) in "The Man Without a Face" (1993). Now off and running, Stahl was soon seen opposite veteran actors like Susan Sarandon and Sam Shepard in the drama "Safe Passage" (1994). The teenage Stahl excelled in portraying troubled, often victimized youths, as he did in the television projects "Incident in a Small Town" (CBS, 1994) and "Blue River" (Fox, 1995), although the feature "Tall Tale: The Adventures of Pecos Bill" (1995) allowed the actor a rare opportunity to play a more proactive young hero. In the Southern gothic "Eye of God" (1997), he was well-cast as a teenager who may have witnessed - or participated in - a murder. Alongside fellow rising stars James Marsden and Katie Holmes, he co-starred as a rebellious teen who becomes convinced something is wrong with his seemingly perfect peers in the popular thriller "Disturbing Behavior" (1998).<p>Also that year, Stahl went on to appear in the all-star ensemble of legendary director Terrence Malick's lyrical adaptation of James Joyce's autobiographical war novel, "The Thin Red Line" (1998). He next portrayed an aspiring musician in the little-seen 1970s comedy, "Sunset Strip" (2000), followed by a substantial role in "The Sleepy Time Gal" (2001), where he portrayed the son of a cancer-stricken writer (Jacqueline Bisset). The harrowing drama, "In the Bedroom" (2001) cast Stahl as the murdered son of a New England couple (Sissy Spacek and Tom Wilkinson) and earned him nothing but praise from critics. The pundits were far more divided, however, over the actor's next project, "Bully" (2001), director Larry Clark's sordid - some claimed fetishistic - account of a group of amoral Florida teens who plot the demise of Stahl's abusive character. While many took issue with the morally ambiguous tone of Clark's film, which was inspired by actual events, no one could deny that the intense, riveting performance of Stahl made him one of the young stars to watch in the new millennium.<p>Stahl was next seen in the occult horror film, "Taboo" (2002), prior to appearing alongside Claire Danes and Arnold Schwarzenegger in the sci-fi action-adventure "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" (2003). In the big-budget sequel, Stahl took over the role of John Conner, previously played by Edward Furlong, who is once again targeted by an even more advanced Terminator (Kristanna Loken) sent from a future ruled by the sentient computer system Skynet. Stahl then took on his first starring role on an ongoing television series with "Carnivale" (2003-05), a dark fantasy-drama exploring the struggle between good and evil in the Dust Bowl region during the Great Depression. Stahl was cast as Ben Hawkins, a young man possessed with remarkable healing powers who travels with an eccentric circus troupe. Though critically acclaimed and highly rated during its first season, the stylized, difficult-to-define show soon began to lose its audience. Much to the dismay of Stahl, his fellow cast members and the show's relatively small but fiercely loyal number of fans, the Emmy-winning "Carnivale" was cancelled after its second season.<p>Stahl rebounded nicely, however, when he landed the choice role of Roark Junior, the sadistic, disfigured titular serial killer in the "That Yellow Bastard" sequence of Robert Rodriguez and co-director Frank Miller's "Sin City" (2005). In the stylized, duotone rendition of Miller's original graphic novel, Stahl was repulsively convincing as a pedophile psychopath ultimately brought to justice by a broken down ex-cop (Bruce Willis). Stahl followed the success of "Sin City" with a string of smaller, independent films that included the off-beat comedy "The Night of the White Pants" (2006), which reteamed him with Tom Wilkinson. He later joined a cast that included Charlize Theron, Woody Harrelson and AnnaSophia Robb in the coming-of-age drama "Sleepwalking" (2008), then picked up a supporting role in the Renée Zellweger vehicle, "My One and Only" (2009), a fictionalized account of the unconventional childhood of future movie star George Hamilton. In 2009, Stahl married Rose Murphy, with whom he had a daughter, Marlo, the following year. Film work of this period included a turn as a small-town detective investigating the death of a juvenile in the crime drama "Meskada" (2010), followed by a pairing with rising starlet Olivia Wilde in the thriller "On the Inside" (2011).<p>Working steadily, albeit in films that saw only limited theatrical or direct-to-DVD release, he also starred as a disillusioned journalist trying to expose war atrocities in "Afghan Luke" (2011). Unfortunately, trouble began to brew for the actor after he and his wife separated in January 2012. The following month, Murphy filed papers for divorce, reportedly also requesting that the amount of time Stahl be allowed to spend with their daughter be limited and that he submit to drug and alcohol testing prior to the scheduled visits. In May of that year, just days before the release of Stahl's latest film, "388 Arletta Avenue" (2012), a thriller in which he played a young husband tormented by a demented stalker, Murphy reported her estranged husband missing to the LAPD. Last seen in L.A.'s notorious Skid Row district a week prior to the report, authorities speculated that drugs might have been involved in his sudden disappearance. Not long after reports he had gone missing surfaced, Stahl reportedly entered rehab.<p><i>By Bryce Coleman</i>

Name

Role

Comments

Donna Lynn

Mother

William Stahl

Father

Bonny Stahl

Sister

Emily Stahl

Sister

Rose Stahl

Wife

Married June 4, 2009; Reportedly separated in January 2012

Marlo Stahl

Daughter

Mother, Rose Stahl

Education

Name

Melva Smith School of Dance

Notes

"I was looking for an old soul in a young body. It had to be a person who is very connected emotionally to their own heart and pain, with the ability to demonstrate that on film. Nick has those qualities. He came in to read for the part and just nailed it. He's an amazing actor." – director Jeremiah Chechik in press kit for "Tall Tales" (1995)

On how he came to be cast in "Bully" (2001), Stahl told The Advocate (July 3, 2001): "I expressed my interest [in playing the role], and then I guess I read for it after that, like, maybe a week later. I just say 'hat's off' to [Clark] for giving me the opportunity, because I think it took a lot of imagination on his part. It was pretty bold of him not to go the stereotypical route. I guess he recognized that it was more psychological bullying. That gave me some security going into the movie that I would have some freedom to do what I wanted to do."

"I'm one of those weirdos that knew very early on what I wanted to do. I just always had a certain confidence about it, for whatever reason." – Stahl quoted in Venice magazine, March 2008

Stahl's wife Rose filed a missing persons report on May 14, 2012. According to the report, the actor was last seen on May 9. After missing for a week, Stahl reached out to friends via e-mail and announced his plans to enter a 30-day rehab program.

Stahl was arrested on Dec. 27, 2012 for allegedly committing a lewd act at an adult store in Hollywood, CA.